New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-07
MUSIC-THE DRAMA.
GERMAN OPERA.

ur.,rhausorr has been given at the Metro
A o.. Uouso this evening, the first novelty
49, season will be reached on Wednesday, iho
.r a. Wasner's "Siccfried." como rning ono Oh 'no
1noctacular features Of which tho nowSpap'r 'o"
~ x.wyork have heard great deal last season ana
t,,s Tho great dragon, 30 Interesting i"o'"' "
x o.r,y heroic sto les Of nearly all ovilmeo poops'
tn go and the bird arc likely to caus, amusement
=. 100 do not inspire poetical fervOr Ihroe oA-
t.rd,d fragments from this drama hsVe oeoh noa'u
A.. our concert rooms. and have vouchon ior '"o po.
.soueness and passionate Intensity OF lis poorly anu
.nus,c The fragments ar, Siosn1oos eonsS "''0
S.n,uo thu magic sword. the marvellous forest
,sic md the great love duet which follows inc WANING
:, nrunbids BY the hero Of tho drama oieeTled
VI " ,o an w. dnesday and Friday evenings while
.ro,a ,scr will be repeated at Saturdays mat nco
rh,s opera will have q novel feature IN INC aioeNo
I'm of the first as prepared for tho notorous
%. concentrations OF 1861. So far as tho casual
.,,sr e concerned tho change will orco Itself upon
AZ. attention only In tho augmented ballet and tho
that in the revised version tho overture does not
oome to full stop, but runs into the play
II would be act OF injustice to the institution
I'D asnecially to Frauien lehman. Herr Niemann
md Herr Fischer II the memorable representation
which "Ndeiio" received last Saturday afternoon
shouId not receive attention Tho tribute OF admra-
ton which the performance moritod loses mono OF It's
snccrlty and heartiness because OF the enforced I'M
ounctuality. however. We cannot foCaii any per
formsnce Of Trauein Lchmann's which was so finished
and beautiful In all its parts that Of Loonoro on this
occasion. Musically, II was marvel, aud the pahos
of her acting, her speaking In the dialogue and her
xngng was most tender and profound Wo do not
believe that the lko Of Saturdays exposition OF the
s1oat air. Abschonlioher,' the dungeon trio and the
reunion duct, has boon hoard in Now-York Tho
results OF wagnors teachings wero clear In tho man
nor In which tho throe artists mentioned enunciacd
their words tho climax of tho dramatic stress OF
the supreme moments Of tho lovely work not syar
bio uttered by other Of Thorn was lost, and each
note and word took lts color from tho dominant emo
ton 1t was delightful too, to observe how each VI
the three, though identified since thoy have boon hero
with the Wa:noran dramas, In which shallow crt'cs
whether favorable inimcal to the roforners csuse
no opportunities for singing In tho true sonso Vi
tho VOID. sang Herr Fischer Ike Frau IN ,Ionns
Is a Singer BY right Of heqedity, but Herr Ncmsnn
with tho bloom gone nom his voice. In that klhd VI
phrasfng which carries the musical and dranauo iuca
simu aneosly to the consciousness Of the hcarr was
In cvcry re- poet their worthy companion. MISS MIN
ole Dilthey. who will DO remembered as last year a
member Of tho American Opera Company, sang and
PLAYED the part OF Marcelna with unexpected graco
and power. Herr RobinsOn's hOarsen'ss continuing
a crcfitahle substitut, was found In Herr Mex who
was a member Of the Metropolitan Company two years
40 and Is now visiting NewYOrk